“How I Screwed This Up”
Seasoned founders open up about the mistakes no one warns you about — compliance misses, payroll flubs, hiring fails — so today's builders don't repeat them.

Screwups happen in startups. Learn how to make the best of them.
The internet is already chock-full of advice for founders, covering everything from how to validate a startup idea to frameworks for measuring product-market fit. But the behind-the-scenes details like payroll slip-ups, hiring missteps, and compliance headaches are rarely discussed.
“How I Screwed This Up” aims to spotlight these overlooked pain points through candid conversations with veteran founders about the early company-building mistakes they made that they can laugh at now.
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